Universities have a high demand for water to support daily operations such as sanitation, cleaning, and food preparation in student housing facilities. Adequate water supply ensures that these essential services can function smoothly, maintaining a hygienic and comfortable environment for students, faculty, and staff. When the University doubles as a teaching hospital, as Aga Khan University (AKU) will do in Kampala, Uganda, then the need for a continuous supply of water is even more critical.
The Aga Khan University and Hospital complex represents a beacon of progress and innovation in the region, promising to provide top-notch education and healthcare services to the community. AKU needed to ensure that in the event of municipal water challenges, they were able to continue operations and ensure optimal patient care. After consultation with our partners, Allied Plumbing, to establish the needs of the project, SBS Tanks East Africa installed two Standard Range back-up water storage tanks, with a gross storage capacity of 1 048kl (>1mil litres) to provide backup water storage for the academic university, student complex as well as the community hospital.
With the supervision of our Kenyan Engineers, Allied Plumbers completed the ring beams and civils work for the foundations, allowing our installation team to install the two SBS tanks (2 x ST 14/07’s) for storage. Plumbing connections were completed, connecting the tanks to the municipal supply to ensure that all water used in the facility is potable and safe for consumption, delivering a complete integrated water supply solution to students, staff and hospital patients
The outpatient clinic will open in quarter two of 2024, with the remainder of the building project continuing throughout the year, ready for 2025 academic in-take.
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